Good Morning! It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood today! Bob is off on a tractor ride and I am leaving in a few minutes to run some errands. Other than that, not much is going on. Hope you enjoy a nice day today!

Happy Sunday! It's a bright sunny day in my neighborhood although we started the day with a few raindrops. Went to early church mainly because I had to pick up the money. I still don't feel like the new guy has much pr going for him. We went out for breakfast afterwards so I didn't have to fix lunch. I've been sorting, sorting, and sorting more clothes. I have piles to go to the Good Will, a couple boxes for the SOS store, and a pile of non-clothes items for the church rummage sale in October if Bob doesn't haul them away first. Needless to say the bedrooms are all a mess!

"Gma," there are several young Asians who come and go from my nail shop. I don't know if they are family members, friends, or transplants, but they never stay more than a few months. The last one I had for a pedicure spoke no English but she was good. What I don't understand is that the prices haven't gone up in the years I have been going there, yet the owners have made three trips back to Vietnam, he goes to the fitness center, two of their children go to the Catholic school, the youngest goes to daycare, and now he has braces on his teeth. Bob thinks it is drug money but I've seen no evidence of that. It could go on right under my nose and I would be clueless. They jibber jabber back and forth in their native language which I think is rude, but what do I know? The owners do speak English, he better than she. Hope your blanket is done and ready to mail!

I need to get going on my piles again so I'm off. Enjoy the rest of your day!

Good morning, ladies. Another rainy day in the low 80s for us. It's very humid.

Back to my usual routine - Y for exercise in the morning, 30 minutes of housework in the afternoon, lots of quilting and reading. Also back to my quilting bees. This week I have my annual eye check up with my cataract surgeon. My knees are doing great. No more pain!

Donna, I'd love to have a pair of red shoes. They are really rare in the orthopedic shoes I wear. I have to get new shoes in 6 months according to Dr. B because my gait will have changed since my surgery. I can get new insoles for my Alegria but I'll need athletic and black and brown lace-up shoes so that will be about $400. Won't be long until your cruise now.

Jean, It's hard to get used to a new minister when you had to same one for so long. We usually change priests every 5 years so the congregation doesn't get too attached. We've had Father Mike longer because he is blind and it's hard for him to be moving to new places. We all love him. We only expect our priests to say Mass and take care of Church stuff. We have committees to bring communion and visit the sick, take care of the altar, lawn, building maintenance, etc. We have coffee, juice and donuts available between Masses. People usually make a small donation if they take something. We like this time to chat with friends, introduce ourselves to new people and just mingle.

Have a wonderful day - the pool is calling me.

Good Afternoon! We got up to 1/4" of rain but the sun came out on my way to church. It's another beautiful day! Counting was off this morning because I put two of the receipt envelopes back in the blank envelope pile. When we double checked the checks there were two left over and I knew I had written both envelopes. Guess I can't talk and "work" at the same time. Then the computer I usually use didn't have the icon I needed and I didn't know where to look in the innards, so just used the secretary's machine. Gift shop money was easy and is in the bank! I wrote checks and took them back to the hospital after lunch. Have laundry going now and will have towels to fold soon.

Susan, glad your new knees are working so well and you have no pain. Wonderful! Yesterday, at church, the liturgist reminded everyone to be sure and wear our name tags so the new pastor could learn names. We don't see hide nor hair of him before the service starts where as the previous pastor was always milling around, saying good morning, and making small talk with people. I found out a couple of our fill-in speakers are going to be at the Presbyterian Church where they are also pastorless. We are going to go and hear them speak! So far our Sunday sermons have been a synopsis of the Disney movie shown the week before. He ads an appropriate Bible verse and calls it good.

"Gma," hope your shoes arrive today. I have never heard of a lightning cord. I didn't see them but one of the grocery stores had yellow watermelons in their ad. It said, "sweeter than regular watermelon with hints of honey and apricot." Sounds good.

My dryer is buzzing so need to get moving. Hope you all are enjoying a nice day today!

Good Morning! It's another gloomy, foggy, wet morning in my neighborhood. I have nothing planned for the day except to decide on cookies to make for a meeting Monday morning, laundry, and more sorting. I will need to make a trip to the grocery store at some point.

"Gma," I never thought about this until Bob mentioned that our pastor's father was also a pastor. He probably had the same old style of non-involvement with the Sunday service. I wonder what this one does all day because he is never in the office when I am there on Monday morning, and the secretary shared he isn't there for long periods of time during the week. His day "off" is Friday; not much goes on on Saturday until the 5:30 service, same on Sunday after noon. I'm sure he is using sermons he has used before as he has shared that on Sunday with us. Hope your headache disappeared yesterday and you feel better today.

I need to get dressed and get my day going. Hope you enjoy a wonderful Wednesday!

Good Evening! It's been a "ho hum" kind of day here, although sunny and windy all day. I went to get my nails done and then went back to the health food store to look at the book from last night's workshop on essential oils. I did not realize that the oils had such a history. It seems like there is one, or a combination, for whatever ache, pain, or disease one might have, plus a multitude of other uses. This afternoon I sorted through more catalogs and magazines. It seems like the Christmas influx of catalogs is starting early even though they aren't really full of much Christmas items yet.

"Gma," I sure hope you are feeling better by now. I do know that Medicare has some time limits on different things plus the patient must show improvement if in therapy of some sort. Hopefully your sister will be back home soon. Bob keeps saying the government should stay out of health care. I'm not making cookies until the weekend, for Monday. Bob is going to Canada fishing, with some other guys, so will send leftovers with him. I've never seen a cookie recipe using corn starch either.

I have some dishes to hand wash so had better get to them before I am out of the mood. Bob is playing golf tomorrow so I will make a trip to the grocery store. I made the mistake of going this afternoon; the parking lot was pretty full and people going in were all wearing yellow rubber boots. That told me one of the packing plant shifts just let out. I drove through the lot and came home! What possessed me to go in the afternoon I don't know. I never do that!

Evening time and I have been remiss in checking our thread.

We've been busy doing some cleaning and such. I'm trying to get things organized to pack in a few weeks. We have things like mail stop, oil change and charging up my scooter battery besides getting everything I want to take in a place to pack. Jack teases me about stressing about it. He says you have lists for your lists you won't forget anything.

We watched the baseball game and are watching "Red 2" right now. I imagine Jack will go up to bed when it's over. He's been staying up late this weekend.

Jean: I agree with Bob. Our healthcare is a total mess now. Don't forget the eclipse. Don't know how much darkness you will get. We are supposed to get quite a bit but not full.

Have a good evening. See you tomorrow.

Good Evening! It's been a nice day weatherwise, sunny, no wind, and warmer/more humid as the day went on. Went to early church because of the "special" music. One of the guys Bob sings with also sings with his three brothers accompanied by their sister. They are very good and have made at least one CD. We went out for breakfast afterwards then home to laundry and picking up some of the piles cluttering space, two more boxes for the SOS store!

"Gma," I am convinced the older I get the longer it takes me to get anything done! I seem to spin my wheels a lot, and get sidetracked along the way! Not a very good excuse but it is what it is. I just talked to a gal who will ride with me to the meeting tomorrow. Another gal in the group rented a motel room somewhere in Nebraska, to watch the eclipse, for $500 a night! They have a motor home and found a campground for $35 a night. Talk about ripping people off big time. I was going to bake bars to go along with the cookies for tomorrow and decided not to after it sounds like we might have ten people there if we're lucky. I made oatmeal/raisin and peanut butter cookies. Both recipes make a lot so will have more than enough. I don't think we will have total darkness but the tv newsmen have been warning about looking at the sun without the right kind of glasses and how it is going to affect the animals. Bob says Ernie won't know the difference because he sleeps a lot anyhow.

The dishwasher is done so will unload that and call it done for the day. Our state fair talent finalists are on tv tonight. Many years ago Beth's group danced on the same stage. Enjoy the rest of the evening!

Good Afternoon! It's a sunny breezy day in my neighborhood today. I had an eye appointment for a second opinion yesterday, and had to go back this morning for a scan to check the different layers of my eyes to be sure they are healthy. Next appointment is with the ophthalmologist in September. The downside being I have to go without my contacts for four weeks before that exam. I hate my Coke bottle bottom glasses but hopefully they will be history eventually. I stopped at WM on my way home and now have laundry in the washer and dryer. It rained for two days and was so dark and gloomy here. We didn't have total darkness for the eclipse, sort of like evening when the sun has gone down but it is still light. Bob went with a friend to pick up a tractor in Wisconsin. The guy needs a hip replacement and it bothers him to drive a clutch for very long. He drives a semi during harvest so will have the surgery after that is done. Bob couldn't figure out why he didn't have it done this spring or summer because his daughter-in-law does all the rest of the farming. Must be a "man" thing.

"Gma," I have a Pampered Chef cookie scoop; actually I have three different sizes. I will be curious as to how you like yours. I find that the dough builds up and I have to scrape it periodically. I thought I would save time and use a jelly roll pan as well as the cookie sheets. When I went to turn it, the pot holder slipped and I burned the side of a finger. The blister is/was big and I finally popped it the next day. I put essential oil on it and that took the pain away but it still is sensitive to hot water or if I pick up something heavy. Dumb on my part! I really have to be in the mood to bake cookies, and that doesn't happen very often. I plan to make a pan of brownies to send with Bob when he goes fishing with the guys.

The dryer is buzzing so time to change loads and then vacuum the dust bunnies floating around. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day!